A woman washes clothes in Mariscal Sucre, a neighborhood in El Alto. Many of the adobe homes in Mariscal Sucre have no running water and families are forced to collect rain water, use dirty wells or go to a nearby home with water. The private water company, Aguas de Illimani, had their contract annulled by the Bolivian government after members of the politically powerful El Alto community took to the streets to protest poor service and high installation fees.